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13 “And if there is anyone[a] from the Israelites[b] or[c] from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who hunts a wild game animal or a bird that may be eaten, then[d] he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with the soil. 14 Indeed,[e] the life of all flesh, its blood, is in its life, so[f] I said to the Israelites,[g] ‘You may not eat the blood of any flesh, because the life of all flesh is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.’

15 “And if there is any person who eats a dead body or[h] a mangled carcass, whether among the native or[i] among the alien, then[j] he shall wash his garments, and he shall wash himself[k] with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall be clean.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:13 Literally “a man a man”
  2. Leviticus 17:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 17:13 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 17:13 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 17:14 Or “Because”
  6. Leviticus 17:14 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 17:14 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  8. Leviticus 17:15 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 17:15 Or “and”
  10. Leviticus 17:15 Or “and”
  11. Leviticus 17:15 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation